A Chosen Generation - in Christ we are now “kings and priests” prepared for walking with Him in the light or warring beside Him against the hosts of darkness. Next we are made a holy nation, born of Jesus’ blood, from every nation under heaven. Finally He calls us His own special people. God’s intention has always been to call forth a people who will proclaim His praise and spread His blessing throughout the earth. Let us do that today

"But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;..." - 1 Peter 2:9

This text not only appoints praise but represents a basic revelation of the Bible: 

God wants a people who will walk with Him in prayer, march with Him in praise, thank and worship Him. 

In Peter’s description, notice how the people of the New Covenant are to progress. 

First, we are called a chosen generation, a people begun with Jesus’ choice of the Twelve, who became 120, to whom were added thousands at Pentecost.

We are a part of this continually expanding generation, “chosen” when we receive Christ. 

Then we are a royal priesthood. 

Under the Old Covenant, the priesthood and royalty were separated. 

In Christ we are now “kings and priests” (Revelation 1:6), prepared for walking with Him in the light or warring beside Him against the hosts of darkness.

Next we are made a holy nation, born of Jesus’ blood, from every nation under heaven. 

Finally He calls us His own special people. 

God’s intention has always been to call forth a people who will proclaim His praise and spread His blessing throughout the earth. 

Let us do that today!

Written by Jack Hayford

DAILY MOMENT with Jack Hayford Ministries

Jack Hayford served as Chancellor of The King’s University (formerly The King’s College and Seminary) in Southlake, Texas, which he founded in 1997. From 2004 to 2009, he also served as President of The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. He was probably best known, however, as “Pastor Jack,” founding pastor of The Church On The Way in Van Nuys, California, where he served as senior pastor for more than three decades. A prolific and best-selling writer, Pastor Hayford was the author (or co-author) of more than fifty books and composed 500 hymns and choruses, including the internationally known and widely recorded “Majesty.”

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